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　　"What can you do when you have done nothing but mess up your whole life long?" These were the words I heard when I 　　1　　 the TV the other day．They were coming from one of the talk shows 　　2　　 are so popular on TV these days．I started to turn the channel but the words I had 　　3　　 made me stop for a moment．I 　　4　　 the speaker of them．He couldn't have been more than 18 years old, but already he was writing off(认为……已失败)his life as a useless waste．

　　I wanted to shout at him：" You're not 　　5　　 yet!"

　　It is 　　6　　 sad that so many people cannot get beyond(摆脱)their pasts and live 　　7　　 the present．There are so many people like that talk show guest．There are people still in their teen years 　　8　　 that their lives are over．There are people in their twenties who already think they have 　　9　　 the boat to success and happiness．There are people in their thirties and forties who sit around complaining that life has passed them by．I want to shout to them all：" Wake up! You're still 　　10　　! What have you done today?" If you want a happy life, you can't dwell on(细想、纠缠于)your past 　　11　　．If you want joy and love in your life, you have to choose them today．God gives us a new chance at life every time we wake up in the morning．It is up to us to seize it．

　　Today 　　12　　 be the beginning of a new life for each of us．We can choose joy right now．We can share love today．We can live in delight starting at this moment．It doesn't matter how hard our past has been．Our present can be full of joy and our future can be full of 　　13　　．It doesn't matter if we are eight 　　14　　 eighty-we can still make our lives 　　15　　．Life isn't over until your last heartbeat．Start today, then, to make your heart beat with joy, love, and light．

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　　Gail and her dog, Sam, are standing at the street corner．They’re waiting for the cars to go by．They want to go 　　1　　 the street．She is waiting for Sam to decide when they should cross．

　　Some blind people use special, trained dogs to help them tell when and where they would go．But not every dog can do 　　2　　．A dog for the blind must be clever．The dog must be 　　3　　 at a special school．He is taught to walk 　　4　　 the trainer’s legs．He is taught to walk 　　5　　 his trainer does．

　　The blind person goes to the school too．He practices with the dog．He holds the leather belt(皮带)around the dog’s neck tightly(紧紧地)．　　6　　 he feels the dog’s movements and knows when and where to walk．

　　At the street corner Sam doesn’t watch the 　　7　　．It’s not because he’s careless．It’s just because dogs can’t 　　8　　 red lights from green ones．He is trained to watch the cars, and tell what the time is for him and Gail to cross．

　　Sam is 　　9　　 to Gail．He does her seeing for her．He keeps her out of danger．But Sam is not only Gail’s 　　10　　．He’s her best friend, too．

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阅读理解，阅读下面的四篇短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

　　Even though global warming may have made the weather more mild, many animals are still hibernating(冬眠)．It's too bad that humans can't hibernate．In fact we almost did．

　　Apparently, at times in the past, farmers in France liked a semi-state of human hibernation．So writes Graham Robb, a British scholar who has studied the sleeping habits of the French farmers．As soon as the weather turned cold, people all over the France shut themselves away and practiced the forgotten art of doing nothing at all for months．

　　In line with this, Jeff Warren, a producer at CBC Radio's The Current, tells us that the way we sleep has changed since the invention of lighting．

　　When historians began studying texts of the Middle Ages, they noticed something referred to as “first sleep”, which was not clarified, though．Now scientists are telling us our ancestors most likely slept in separate periods．The business of eight hours’ continuous sleep is a modern invention．

　　In the past, without the artificial light, humans went to sleep when it became dark and then woke themselves up around midnight．The late night period was known as “The Watch”．It was when people actually kept watch against wild animals, although many of them simply moved around or visited family and neighbors．

　　According to some sleep researchers, a short of insomnia(失眠)at midnight is not a disorder．It is normal．Humans can experience another state of consciousness(清醒状态)around their sleeping, which happens in the brief period before we fall asleep or wake ourselves in the morning．This period can be a creative time for some people．

　　Playing with your sleep rhythms(节奏)can be dangerous, as worry may set in．Medical science doesn't help much in this case．It offers us medicines for a full night's continuous sleep, which sounds natural; however, according to Warren's theory, it is really the opposite of what we need．

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阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

　　Chris is not a traditional explorer(探险家)－he usually works in an office for a large organization．However, Chris’ job can be just as exciting and dangerous as being an explorer．

　　Chris works for MSF, an organization also known as Doctors without borders(国界)．Since 1971, MSF has sent trained doctors all over the world to help people who have suffered from disasters(遭受灾难), such as wars and illness．Chris is a doctor from France who has traveled to many places to organize programs that help people．

　　At the moment, over 27, 00 trained doctors have taken part in MSF projects．The organization received the Nobel Peace Prize(诺贝尔和平奖)in 1999．All kinds of doctors can volunteer for MSF．They need to be ready to go to almost anywhere in the world and, of course, they should face difficulties．Most of MSF's work is in Africa．When MSF choose a doctor for a task, they have to go for at least six months．When doctors have completed a few tasks, they might be sent to an emergency(紧急的)task following a disaster, such as an earthquake．

　　But why would doctors leave a comfortable life and a good pay to join MSF? According to Chris, the experience they have is a great help in their life．What's more, just like the explorers of the past, they need to keep an open mind learn to get on well with the people they meet．One thing that they can say at the end of any task is that they have made a difference to people's lives．

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